Tinubu’s daughter roars as his Lagos empire quakes, by Emmanuel Aziken
Just a week ago, your correspondent quietly and perhaps discreetly painted a picture of the emerging problems President Bola Tinubu is facing in his Lagos political base, using the drama around Nollywood actor and lawmaker, Desmond Elliot, as a window into the unfolding tension. The Desmond Elliot story helped to show how the President has, over time, […]
How the real speaker in Rivers will solve the crisis, by Emmanuel Aziken
The assembly quarters was bombed on October 30 by yet-to-be-identified persons as word leaked of a plan to impeach Governor Fubara
Preparing Ganduje for ‘sacrifice’, by Emmanuel Aziken
The alleged moves by the NNPP were initially believed to be part of a script by the Kano State government to seek its pound of flesh from Ganduje over his past vitriolic against Senator Rabiu Kwakwanso
What happens when people deceive people, P-D-P, by Emmanuel Aziken
For those with PDP DNA in their system, it was eerie that the once-dominant political party could have been so swept aside to the point of irrelevance in the polity
The Untold Story Of Deputy Who Retired Nigerian Governor From Politics
By Emmanuel Aziken Given the bitter acrimony that shadowed their relationship in late 2014, many could have considered the well circulated birthday message on April 1, 2024 from Senator David Umahi to his erstwhile boss, Mr Martins Elechi as an April Fool message. Umahi, while hailing Elechi under whom he served as deputy governor, as a legendary […]
Tough Time For Tinubu’s Strong Men, by Emmanuel Aziken
Indeed, looking beyond the reoccurring menace of Peter Obi punching and pounding at his policies and actions as expected of the opposition, Tinubu it appears, is on a comfortable cruise towards 2027.
General Bola Tinubu and his new friends, by Emmanuel Aziken
It still comes as a surprise to some enlightened political actors that President Bola Tinubu is the first commander-in-chief since the advent of the Fourth Republic not to have a retired military officer in his cabinet. Under him, the subordination of the military to the democratic structures of the state has been effectively entrenched. All the ministers […]
Labour Party: Common Things that tie Obi and Buhari, by Emmanuel Aziken
The amusing tug-of-war between the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC and the leadership of the Labour Party, LP is undoubtedly one that enamoured supporters of President Bola Tinubu must find very interesting. The reason why the BATists will be encouraging this crisis is simple: NLC and the Labour Party are potentially the remaining hindrances to the political hegemony […]
Should Tinubu take treatment from a doctor who voted Obi? By Emmanuel Aziken
The news that President Bola Tinubu had dropped the nomination of Ruby Onwudiwe as the Southeast nominee to the board of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has stoked different reactions in the country. No reason has been formally given for the withdrawal of the nomination. However, nearly all reports allege that she was dropped after reports […]
As Gov Bago kneels before Tinubu…,by Emmanuel Aziken
The picture of Governor Mohammed Umar Bago of Niger State kneeling before President Bola Tinubu in the presidential office was on Friday eliciting strong reactions in social media. Ordinarily, there should be nothing to it for the 50-year-old governor kneeling to greet the president who will be 71 later this month. The picture was brought to social […]
The future problems of Adams Oshiomhole, by Emmanuel Aziken
The gist in Benin is that the emergence of Senator Monday Okpebholo as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State has become a mortal blow for the political relevance of the immediate past governor of the state, Senator Adams Oshiomhole. The nexus for such flows from the unbridled […]
